Pasty Child

This is a slightly condensed version of my final film that I made at university. Its about a girl who has a pasty for a head, In order to keep her safe from the obvious dangers of the outside world her protective mother keeps her locked up. She yearns to be free and explore the world but she quickly finds out the perils that await her.

If you would like to watch the full film you can find it on vimeo and youtube.

Whether you're a professional or an enthusiastic novice with just a smartphone, pen and paper, we’d like to see your animations. It can be an animation made especially for this project or one you made earlier, we don't mind, but please make sure it is under three minutes long.

Don't forget: you must not include any commercial music in your film.

Update: we've extended the deadline for entries to the GuardianWitness original short film award category to 10am GMT Thursday 30 January – so if you submit your animation before then, it will also be considered for the award.

Read Sofronis Efstathiou's, senior lecturer in animation at Bournemouth university, tips on how to get started – and what makes a great animation.